### [2024-04-29](/feed/2024/04/29/index.md)

##### Ecuador–Mexico relations
# Ecuador files a complaint against Mexico at a United Nations court over Mexico's move to grant political asylum to former Ecuadorian vice-president Jorge Glas. 




### Sources:

1. [AP](https://apnews.com/article/ecuador-mexico-embassy-raid-world-court-f0374b683d5e6dd21b9cd50a19b224cd)

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